W.H.: No replica Oval Office

2/6/13 1:32 PM EST

White House press secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday knocked down a report that President Obama will move out of the West Wing during renovations as soon as this summer.

RealClearPolitics reported last week that a new executive office is being readied in an office building across the way from the West Wing: "[A] facsimile Oval Office, created as a nearly identical replica of the most famous ovoid room in the world, is slated to be ready for occupancy by August if Obama is ready to move and if design challenges are resolved."

"Reports about a replica Oval Office are false," Carney said. "No one's moving from the West Wing; certainly no decisions about that have been made."

He did not say if it was being considered, and referred further questions to the General Services Administration, which has not responded to messages seeking comment.